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EP 0 416 492 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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03.04.1991 Bulletin 1991/14 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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13.03.1991 Bulletin 1991/11 |
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Date of filing: 03.09.1990 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC)5: F16H 37/08 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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DE FR GB |
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Priority: |
04.09.1989 JP 229947/89
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Applicant: BANDO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LIMITED |
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Hyogo-ku
Kobe-shi (JP) |
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Inventors: |
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- Miyata, Hirofumi
c/o Bando Chemical Industries Ltd
Hyogo-ku,
Kobe-shi (JP)
- Furukawa, Yutaka
c/o Bando Chemical Industries Ltd
Hyogo-ku,
Kobe-shi (JP)
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Representative: Lange, Gerd, Dipl.-Ing. |
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Patentanwalt,
Nachtigallenweg 8 32425 Minden 32425 Minden (DE) |
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Continuous speed-shifting device |
(57) The continuous speed-shifting device of the present invention is provided with the
first - third rotary shafts (1-3), a differential gear mechanism (5) having the first
gear element (8) connected to the third rotary shaft (3), a variable speed pulley
mechanism (32) which connects the first (1) and the third (3) rotary shafts speed-changeably
by a belt (B), a driving power gear mechanism (20, 21) which connects the first rotary
shaft (1) to the second (6) or the third (9) gear element of the differential gear
mechanism (5) and a circulating power gear mechanism (22, 23) which connects the second
rotary shaft (2) to the third (9) or the second (6) gear element of the differential
gear mechanism (5). According to switching of the advancing and the retreating, the
first rotary shaft (1) and the driving power gear mechanism (20, 21) or the second
rotary shaft (2) and the circulating power gear mechanism (22, 23) are connected or
disconnected by the gear clutch (35, 36). Large driving power transmitted from the
first rotary shaft (1) to the differential gear mechanism (5) is passed through the
gear mechanism (20, 21) but small circulating power returned to the first rotary shaft
(1) from the differential gear mechanism (5) is always passed through the pulley mechanism
(32). When the first rotary shaft (1) and the driving power gear mechanism (20, 21)
or the second rotary shaft (2) and the circulating power gear mechanism (22, 23) are
connected with each other by a gear clutch (35, 36), rotation of the third rotary
shaft (3) is made zero to obtain a neutral state.
